August 30, 2013

COLUMBIA CITY ‚ÄĒ Columbia City‚Äôs Board of Works approved the final step of an agreement between the city and Whitley County Consolidated Schools for a School Resource Officer (SRO) at Tuesday night‚Äôs meeting.

The board approved a memo of understanding that clarifies the responsibilities of each party if an SRO is hired by WCCS.

The memo of understanding (MOU) was approved by the WCCS Board of School Trustees at its Aug. 19 meeting.

With the MOU approved by both parties, WCCS can now apply for a grant that would help fund the officer.

August 30, 2013

CHURUBUSCO ‚ÄĒ Churubusco‚Äôs football team opened 2013 with an impressive shutout victory over Fremont Friday.

Now, the Eagles want to keep their momentum going, and will welcome Central Noble this Friday for their home opener in Churubusco.

Recognition from around the state has already come the Eagles‚Äô way. They opened the year ranked 10th in the Class 2A Associated Press preseason poll and moved up to eighth for this week after defeating Fremont.

‚ÄėBusco beat Fremont 56-0 last week to open the year at 1-0. Central Noble fell to Fairfield last week, 35-21, and is now 0-1.